Emily Fox (born April 23, 1987) is a former world record holder at

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. She set the overall world record in the cycle (7.43 seconds) in April 2002 and the 3–6–3 (2.72 seconds). However, in 2006, her cycle record was beaten (by Robin Stangenberg from

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with a time of 7.41 seconds). Her 3–6–3 record was also broken in 2007 by Robin Stangenberg and Yannick Zittlau of Germany with a time of 2.70 seconds. She has appeared on several television shows, including ''

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'' and ''

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'', to demonstrate her skills. Emily is the eldest child of Bob Fox, the founder of Speed Stacks, and grew up in

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. Her two brothers, Kit and Brennan, are also successful at sport stacking. Kit also wrote a book and twice completed the

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. Fox is also a skilled

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player. In her senior year at ThunderRidge

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she led the team to a number 7 finish in the ''

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'' high school national poll and was named a ''

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'' high school All-American. She played college basketball for the

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. In her four years she averaged 11.7 points per game. In April 2009 she was drafted in the third round of the WNBA draft by the

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. In 2007, she was a member of the

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winning

team at the

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Sport stacking

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